Did you think we wouldn't pull out all the stops for Max Fun Drive 2020 ? More fool you! Because in this episode, we discuss legendary Hollywood flop and Bruce Willis passion project, Hudson Hawk ! And to discuss this momentous film, we're joined by Roman Mars , of the blockbuster design podcast 99% Invisible , the man many have called "The Hudson Hawk of Podcasting."* (The character Hudson Hawk. Not the movie Hudson Hawk. Because the character is so good at his job. Like Roman. Who is good at p...
Aug 01, 2020•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 318
In perhaps our silliest episode yet, Elliott and Stuart try and pitch a Flop House movie to Dan, who... we guess owns a studio in this scenario? Whatever. Just listen.
Jul 25, 2020•47 min
The fuck is this? No really, the fuck is this? What is this fucking thing? What? This? From a major studio and established director? What? The fuck? This? Was made? THIS? We talk about Artemis Fowl with critic and filmmaker Scott Weinberg . Wikipedia synopsis of Artemis Fowl (good luck) Movies recommended in this episode: Lucky Grandma Monstrum The Old Guard The Watermelon Woman...
Jul 18, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 317
In honor of the passing of Ennio Morricone , we discuss movie scores, and some of our personal favorite composers.
Jul 11, 2020•50 min
It's Cagemas in July! That cherished Flop House tradition that Dan totally forgot about for the past couple of years. But he remembered this time! Lay off! Anyway, the wonderful Erin Foley-Chan (supervising producer of The Big Fib on Disney+) joins us to discuss the weird-ass supernatural sex thriller Between Worlds . Meanwhile, Dan has done some sex scene research, Erin offers a producer's perspective, Stuart's old comics collaborator makes a surprise appearance, and Elliott makes "kid flashbac...
Jul 04, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 316
Our pals John Hodgman and David Rees have an animated show called Dicktown, about an aging boy detective and his aging bully/partner, premiering on FXX's "Cake" on July 9. Thus, in a completely generous, non-promotional gesture, they dropped by to discuss private detectives in movies, and in fiction generally.
Jun 27, 2020•1 hr 27 min
"Hollywood" Kalan really worked his connections this episode, to bring us the utterly wonderful Felicia Day (of The Guild, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, MST3K: The Return, and much more) to discuss seminal high fantasy, low budget epic " Hawk the Slayer ." Meanwhile Dan drops a crazy Pink Panther fact, Elliott launches an insulting guess-by-mail contest, Felicia is intrigued by some fish-eating prowess, and Stuart's in this fantasy discussion like a fuckin' fish in water. Also, we're n...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 315
Our delightful Flop House friend Chris Weitz returns to the show to talk about his career, and also continue to be unfailingly good-natured about our ribbing of Twilight: New Moon . ALSO the whole video livestream show for charity is available for viewing on our YouTube page , and we're still accepting charity receipts for the raffle through the end of the day 6/13/20. Details HERE !...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Before we start -- today, Saturday, June 6, at 6 pm Pacific / 9 pm Eastern , is our video livestream on our YouTube page , with presentations, a discussion of Howard the Duck , and some audience interaction. We’ll be encouraging viewers to donate to charity for Black Lives Matter, bail funds, and hunger relief, and those who donate $20 or more will be entered to win some Flop House prizes! But you came here for a podcast! Our guest for this episode is the terrific Jordan Kauwling, Maximum Fun pr...
Jun 06, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 314
Somebody gave Stuart a movie , and he watched it! And now he's telling us about it! Also, watch The Flop House LIVE show LIVESTREAM for CHARITY in your OWN HOME next Saturday, JUNE 6!
May 30, 2020•39 min
You can't have one of #TheTwoFriends without the other! In this episode, we're joined by David Sims of the Blank Check Podcast and film critic for The Atlantic , to talk about Robert Downey Jr.'s next iconic blockbuster character, Dolittle . Meanwhile Dan makes a pitch for fart acceptance, Stuart forgets our mission statement, David gives us a taste of what it was like to see Dolittle in the theater, and Elliott does an extremely aggravating bit with a raccoon finger puppet. Also - EXCITING NEWS...
May 23, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 313
Dan joins in the missed movie fun with his report on "Geteven" (yes, all one word) AKA " Road to Revenge ," a passion project that's more passion than project.
May 16, 2020•40 min
How can we follow up heavy-hitting guests like Griffin Newman and Chris Weitz, you may ask? Uh, well how about with JAMELLE BOUIE , New York Times columnist and guy you've definitely seen saying smart things on the news. Why does he like us? Who knows! But he stopped by to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog , about some sort of hedgehog who has definitely never been pregnant on the internet. Meanwhile, Jamelle gives us his history with SEGA, Stuart uses literary terms correctly, Dan only has old man ref...
May 09, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 312
Stuart tries for extra credit (no one tell him that Flop House extra credit isn't a thing), by checking out the puppy-kidnapping family comedy Rusty: A Dog's Tale and reporting back to the guys.
May 02, 2020•33 min•Ep. 366
Guys, we're so excited for our guest this episode. He's a big-time Hollywood gent who's worn many hats -- and to name just a few: he wrote and directed About a Boy. As an actor, he co-starred as "Chuck" in Chuck and Buck. He was one of the producers of The Farewell. The man co-wrote a Star War (Rogue One), for Pete's sake! And, as we never get tired of reminding him, he directed Twilight: New Moon . But up until now, he's been missing one line on his resume -- Flop House guest. I'm sure now he w...
Apr 25, 2020•2 hr•Ep. 311
Griffin Newman came back (for reals, not one of these "we actually recorded it at the same time") to chat for a bit about Watto, Star Wars in general, his career, and, of course, Tom Selleck.
Apr 18, 2020•22 min•Ep. 364
First off, how are you guys? Everyone doing okay? We hope so. Take care of yourselves. Secondly, my lord were we excited to have Griffin Newman , of many, many things, including the Blank Check podcast and Amazon's The Tick , but MOST IMPORTANTLY, the world's #1 Vin Diesel fan, join the show to discuss Vin's latest vinsanity, Bloodshot . Meanwhile Elliott takes us on a tour through the 4th most popular comics publisher of the 90's, Griffin offers a unified Diesel theory, and Stu and Dan do some ...
Apr 11, 2020•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 310
Elliott gives us a preview of his son Sammy's novel, and then things take a turn.
Apr 04, 2020•21 min•Ep. 362
In our first episode recorded after shit got real, we take a change of pace, and discuss your aunt's favorite movie, Book Club . Can a cast of wonderful old pros elevate the world's most banal script? Meanwhile, Elliott presents his Golden Girls hypothesis, Dan's a huge crybaby, and Stu bravely soldiers on, through his COVID-19. Wikipedia synopsis of Book Club Movies recommended in this episode: Tommy Come to Daddy The World, the Flesh and the Devil The Music Man...
Mar 28, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 309
Please read... bear with us on this one -- this was originally intended to be our Maximum Fun Drive episode, before the world exploded. So it may seem a little choppy in places, where we chopped out some fairly extensive MFD talk* (also there's some minor equipment/audio interference toward the end -- sorry). Thank you to our intrepid editor Jordan Kauwling for going above and beyond. Anyway, even though this would normally not be a full episode week, we thought we'd post it now anyway, to help ...
Mar 21, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 308
Is Holmes & Watson somehow an even worse version of the Sherlock Holmes stories than Sherlock Gnomes ? Will Elliott and Stu be able to console Dan about the latest insult to his beloved hero? Join us for this live show, taped last year in Portland, Oregon, to find out! Wikipedia synopsis for Holmes & Watson Like this live show? Join us in the future! – The Flop House in Toronto – April 18!...
Mar 14, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 307
In this minisode we take on the topic of teams of specialists, like you might find in heist films. If you want to dictate a future minisode, tweet at us @theflophousepod.
Mar 07, 2020•18 min•Ep. 358
We've been wanting to tackle this one for quite a while, folks, and... oof. Be careful what you wish for. Adal Rifai of the podcast " Hello From the Magic Tavern " joins us to discuss The Fanatic , the movie that asks "What if Fred Durst directed a movie starring a career-self-destructing John Travolta as a man with a developmental disability, with his trademark Limp Bizkit sensitivity?" Meanwhile, Stuart invents the newest horror movie killer, Elliott attacks Dan for his nonexistent position on...
Feb 29, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 357
In this minisode we take on the topic of jobs in movies. If you want to dictate a future minisode, tweet at us @theflophousepod.
Feb 22, 2020•14 min•Ep. 356
It's the second and final of our two contest winner-selected episodes, this one picked by Scott Yacychyn, who designed our delightful new Flop House "couch monsters" poster, which you can purchase HERE ! It's a romantic comedy called Little Italy (or as they pronounce it, li'lit'ly), set in the world's most romantic city... Toronto! Meanwhile, Stuart gets mad at Elliott, Dan gets mad at Elliott and Stuart, and Elliott just keeps on singing a happy song. Wikipedia synopsis of Little Italy Movies ...
Feb 15, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 305
Here's a little thing we're trying, sort of as a snack between episodes. Minisodes that are more tangent than show. On this first one, we ask: Goofy -- what's HIS deal?
Feb 08, 2020•13 min•Ep. 354
Zar-who-what-now ? We finally get around to one of our contest winner episodes, this one picked by Elizabeth Stege, who designed our delightful new Flop House Housecat t-shirt, which you can purchase HERE ! It's a Full Moon Features (awww yeah, Stu) kaiju movie with about 5 minutes of giant monster action in the whole film. But what it lacks in reason to exist, it makes up for in... charm? We guess? Meanwhile, Stuart explains the advantages to playing with dead things, Elliott explains how time ...
Feb 01, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 304
Didja really think we'd pass up The Happytime Murders ? The movie that many proclaimed the worst of 2018? Don't be silly! We just held onto the episode in our vault of live shows until it was no longer relevant! Please enjoy this live recording from... last summer? We can't remember. Taped at our ol' stomping grounds, The Bell House , in fabulous and increasingly unaffordable Brooklyn, NY! Wikipedia synopsis for The Happytime Murders...
Jan 18, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 303
SURPRISE! It's an off-week extra episode, just because we didn't want to go ANY longer without discussing that purrfect mewowsical, directed by Tomcat Hooper: CATS ! It's a show so big, we couldn't do it without the dual returns of Cats enthusiast, Jenny Jaffee , and musical theater authority, Ms. Natalie Walker who was AT THE MOTHERFUCKING CATS PREMIERE! We know that there's usually a bunch of gibberish at this point, teasing stuff from the episode, but just dive in, folks! IT'S CATS! Wikipedia...
Jan 11, 2020•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 302
We kick off the New Year (and the next 300 episodes?) by discussing a movie that no one has ANY strong feelings about -- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker . One programming note: we sort of threw together this episode at the last moment because Elliott was visiting New York, so we skip the usual letters and recommendation segments. Don't worry, though -- we still manage to talk for 100 minutes. Because it's Star Wars. Wikipedia synopsis of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker...
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 301
